Gary Siniscalco, Senior Counsel and Co-Chair of the EEO & OFCCP
Compliance Group, has significant experience advising clients on complex
employment litigation and advisory matters. He has particular
experience in counseling and litigation defense for clients on equal
opportunity, affirmative action (OFCCP) compliance, wrongful discharge,
wage-and-hour matters and in working with companies on cross-border
employment issues.

Gary has handled numerous class actions, pattern and practice cases and government audits, in court and before the EEOC and Department of Labor. He brings a particularly unique perspective to clients on matters involving the EEOC, having served as regional counsel and senior trial attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in San Francisco prior to joining Orrick.

Gary also has an extensive class actions practice, focusing on litigation, consent decree strategies and preventive advice. He has been designated as an expert or retained as special counsel in several federal court class actions throughout the United States.

Gary’s counseling practice extends beyond the United States and includes assisting U.S. multinational companies in dealing with complex employee issues in foreign jurisdictions

Gary has written numerous articles on employment law. Most recently, he is Management Editor-in-Chief of a two-volume treatise--Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law: An International Survey (BNA, 2010). Gary is co-author of "The Pay Gap, the Class Ceiling, and Pay Bias: Moving Forward Fifty Years After the Equal Pay Act", ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law, Vol 29, November 3 (Spring 2014), and "The Law of Employment Discrimination from 1985-2010," ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Spring 2010).

Gary is widely recognized as one the top management employment lawyers in the United States by every major ranking organization, including Chambers USA, the National Law Journal, Best of the Best USA (Euromoney), and Who’s Who Legal. Among management employment lawyers in the United States and Europe, Gary is ranked in the top 10 of Who’s Who international management labor and employment lawyers and is described as “absolutely superb.”

Gary also serves regularly on the NYU faculty for training federal judges on employment law, the OFCCP Institute, PLI International Employment Law and ABA Labor and Employment Law Section programs.

The Recorder California Labor & Employment Department of the Year (2013-2017)

The International Who's Who of Management, Labour & Employment Lawyers (2013-14)

Who's Who of Management Labour & Employment Lawyers Top Ten International (2009-14)

Chambers USA Band 2, Labor & Employment (2011-14)

National Law Journal Leading Employment Lawyers

Chambers
USA
Leading Employment Lawyer, noted as "wonderful and incredibly smart" and
is a considerably experienced practitioner known for his expertise in
affirmative action, audit and investigations.

American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, Member and Past Management Co-chair EEO Committee (1996-1998); and Past Management Co-chair International Labor and Employment Law Committee (2006-2010).

Association of Business Trial Lawyers

American Employment Law Council: Founding member and member of the board

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